Volusia NHS collects sweatshirts for Boo Boo Cow Foundation

By TAYLOR ASHLEYCorrespondent

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Feb 23, 2014 at 5:00 AM

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – It doesn’t take a whole lot of moolah to keep someone warm, just the desire to pay one’s own good fortune forward. That is what members of the district National Honors Society did collecting 94 sweatshirts to be distributed to local schools and children in need through the Boo Boo Cow Foundation.“We (the district National Honor Society) decided to help the impoverished so I contacted my neighbor, Cathy Bair, who has the Boo Boo Cow Foundation, which provides hoodies for children in need,” said Rebecca Blais, district president and Father Lopez senior, at the National Honor Society’s meeting Feb. 15 at New Smyrna Beach High School. Bair started the Boo Boo Cow Foundation after her cow, named Boo Boo, became paralyzed while giving birth. Bair was told that the cow would never stand or walk, or give birth again. After four weeks of only being able to sit on her knees, Boo Boo got up and stood. A year later, she had another calf.Bair considered this a miracle and promised to find a way to pay it forward. “I found out that schools collect used sweatshirts to loan or give to children who don’t have a jacket and found a vendor who could sell me hooded sweatshirts for $6 apiece and I started the Boo Boo Cow Foundation,” Bair said. “This year we have delivered 252 sweatshirts to eight local schools.”To donate a new or gently used sweatshirt, contact Cathy@booboocowfoundation.com.

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